A decide has blocked the public sale of Elvis Presley's former dwelling, by an organization that claimed his property did not repay a mortgage which used the property as collateral.

Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins issued a short lived injunction in opposition to the proposed public sale of Graceland that had been scheduled for Thursday.

Mr Jenkins' injunction basically retains in place a earlier restraining order he had issued after the singer's granddaughter Riley Keough filed a lawsuit to combat what she claimed was a fraudulent scheme.

A public discover for a foreclosures sale of the 13-acre property in Memphis, Tennessee, posted earlier in May stated Promenade Trust, which controls the Graceland museum, owes $3.8m (£3m) after failing to repay a mortgage taken out in 2018.

Keough, an actor, inherited the belief and possession of the house following the loss of life of her mom, Lisa Marie Presley, final 12 months.

Naussany Investments and Private Lending stated Lisa Marie Presley had used Graceland as collateral for the mortgage, in accordance with the foreclosures sale discover.

Keough alleged that Naussany introduced fraudulent paperwork concerning the mortgage in September 2023.

Neither Keough nor attorneys for Nassauny Investments have been in courtroom.

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"Lisa Maria Presley never borrowed money from Naussany Investments and never gave a deed of trust to Naussany Investments," Keough's lawyer submitted within the lawsuit.

Kimberly Philbrick, the notary is listed on Nassauny's paperwork, indicated that she by no means met Lisa Marie Presley nor notarised any paperwork for her, the courtroom submitting stated.

Graceland opened as a museum and vacationer attraction in 1982 as a tribute to Elvis, 5 years after the King of Rock n Roll died in aged 42 in 1977.

He bought Graceland Mansion in 1957 and lived there till his loss of life.

It now attracts lots of of 1000's of holiday makers annually, and a big Elvis-themed leisure complicated throughout the highway from the museum is owned by Elvis Presley Enterprises.

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